> ... > You do know that you can have your own mounts pointing
to wherever *you* > want (in effect, having a separate Cygwin installation)? Wow. I never thought about that. Hmmm. Most interesting. > If theirs is > missing /etc/passwd, it's seriously broken anyway. Good point! > I forget, did you ever attach the output of "cygcheck -svr" (as an > uncompressed text attachment) as requested in the Cygwin problem reporting > guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>? If not, you should do it > so that we have enough details about your installation(s) to try > diagnosing the problems. Thanks for the tip. I'll do that. > > I decided to take matters into my own hands. I installed cygwin on my > > network drive and specified vi and some other stuff, then set my PATH to > > look at my installation after "their" installation. It seems to work > > ok. I had to delete/move my cygwin1.dll so the system wouldn't freak > > out. The system preferred the cygwin1.dll that is part of the system > > config, not my config (I hope that makes sense...). > > Why not do the other way around? Remove their installation from the PATH, > add yours, issue the following commands (assuming your Cygwin is installed > in H:\cygwin): > > mount -ufb 'h:\cygwin' / > mount -ufb 'h:\cygwin\bin' /usr/bin > mount -ufb 'h:\cygwin\lib' /usr/lib > > That way your install would be completely independent from theirs. You're smart (recall Star Trek TNG episode when Jordi <sp> was kidnapped because "he was smart"...). My network quota is 200 MB, so, my plan was to install the cygwin binaries that I needed and were missing from the "organizational installation" so I could have a "mean and lean" use of drive space. Now that you mention the separate installation thing, I believe I can attach a USB drive to this machine. If I can do that, I will do a real cygwin install and say phooey on them :) . That will keep "them" happy and make me very happy. > I'm assuming you installed Cygwin from one machine and use it from > another, otherwise installing for "just me" would have set up the proper > mount entries already. Again, the output of "cygcheck -svr" would have > told us whether this is the case. I just wanted a few cygwin binaries... > > Do you see any problem with the /etc/passwd mismatch? > > Yes. Many things that rely on authentication and permissions will not > work properly if certain usernames (including yours) are missing from > /etc/passwd. Your /etc/group will also need to be up-to-date. But of course... I think the USB drive install will save the day... > > I installed rxvt. That solves the problem with the geometry thing. I > > am in my happy place now :) . > > Until the problems start. Let's try preventing them. The first step > would be to see what your and their installations look like (via the > output of "cygcheck -svr"). Roger. > ... Thanks! You're smart... _________________________________________________________________Get your FREE Budweiser E-mail account at http://budweiser.com Budweiser E-Mail must be used responsibly and only is for consumers 21 years of age and older! Disclaimer: Neither Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (the makers of BUDWEISER beer) nor the operator of this E-Mail service or their respective affiliates have seen, endorsed or approved any of the content in this e-mail and expressly disclaim all liability for the content in whole and in part. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
